Improvement in cast-iron plows



-NITED STATES PATENT CFFICE.

JOHN K. ODELL AND WILLIAM S. LITTLE, OF DECKERTOWN, NEW JERSEY,

ASSIGNORS TO G. W. COE, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CASTHIRON PLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters PatentiNo. 109,929, dated December 6, 1870.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN K. ODELL and WILLIAM S. LITTLE, of Deckertown, in the county of Sussex and State' of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gast-Iron Plow 5 and we do hereby declare y that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will lenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in

I whichsponding parts.

Our invention has for its object to improve the construction of cast-iron plows, so as to make them simpler in construction, stronger, and better in operation, and more convenient in manufacture than when made in the ordinary manner; and it consists in the construction and combination of various parts of the plow, as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the beam, and B is the standard, of the plow, which are cast solid in one piece. O is the land-side ot' the plow, which is fitted into a recess along the lower edge of the standardplate, and secured in place by bolts, so that it may be conveniently detached when worn and replaced with a new one.

Upon the mold-board side of the curved forward edge of the standard-plate B is cast a shoulder oriiange, b1, to receive and support the share D and mold-board E, which are secured in place by bolts passing through them and through the said an ge or shoulder b1.

Upon the forward edge of the sha-re D and mold-board E is formed a flange, d and el,

which fits into a groove, rabbet, orrecess formed along the land-side side of the curved forward edge of the stan dard-plate B to receive the said flange, as shown inFigs. 2 and 3.

The rear parts of the mold-board E and standard-plate B are held in proper position and supported against the in war'd pressure of the soil by the brace-bar F, the ends of which fit into sockets b2 e2, cast in or upon the inner surfaces of the said parts, as shown in Fig. 3.

The lower ends of the plow-handle are inserted in sockets e, cast upon the inner sides of the mold'board E or standard-plate B, either or bot-h, as shown in Fig. 3. The handles pass up along and rest squarely against the inner surfaces of the mold-board E and standardplate B, where they are secured in place by bolts, as indicated by the holes in the upper rear parts of said pieces.

In the forward end of the plow-beam A is formed a series of holes to receive the bolts of the clevis and the bolt of the standard of the gage-wheel, the rear hole and the row of forward holes being designed to receive the clevisbolts, so that the forward end of the clevis may be raised or lowered to adjust the elevation of the point of draft attachment to regulate the depth at which the plow works in the ground.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The one-piece cast-iron beam and standard A B, having anges b bl cl c and sockets b2, combined with brace F, mold-board E, share `D' C2, and land-side C, as and for the purpose described.

The above specification of our invention signed by us this 13th day of July, 1870.

JOHN K. ODELL. WILLIAMA S. LITTLE.

Vitnesses:

WILLIAM W. 00X, HUMPHREY MARTIN, Jr. 

